College Holds Annual Employee Appreciation & Recognition Evening

May 2014 Edition Quick Hitters ...

• Each month, President G. Dennis Massey provides a "College Update" with the latest PCC highlights.

• The PCC Alumni Association honored a trio of outstanding graduates last month as part of its Alumni Weekend festivities that also included the annual Bulldog Run and inaugural Bulldog Beauty Contest. (READ MORE)

• The list of accomplishments for Student Government Association President La’Quon Rogers is growing by leaps and bounds. (READ MORE)

• Recent graduate John Tate has been selected as one of 75 American students to participate in the prestigious Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange program later this year. (READ MORE)

• Ruffin McNeill, head coach of the East Carolina University football team, was on campus in April to speak with high school students participating in the “College Bound: Here We Come” program. (READ MORE)

• PCC Director of Tutoring and Academic Success Nicholas Vick said this semester's Exam Jam event was a success. A total of 84 students took part in the program on May 5 and studied for a combined 144.71 hours, he said.

• Jessica Jaimes, director of PCC Global, has been selected to receive a scholarship to attend the 2014 National Association of Foreign Student Advisers (NAFSA) Annual Conference & Expo in San Diego this month. (READ MORE)

• The Continuing Education Division is now accepting registrations for participation in this year’s “Explore! Summer Youth Program!” (READ MORE)

• The PCC Alumni Association recently launched an online community intended to help former PCC students and graduates reconnect with each other and support their alma mater. (READ MORE) (VIDEO)

• Every Tuesday, PCC employees and students are encouraged to show their school spirit by wearing their PCC royal blue. We call it "Turn It Blue Tuesday." (FACEBOOK PHOTO GALLERY)

• We are proud of our current students and graduates and love sharing their stories of success. If you are a PCC student or alum and have a success story you would like to share, please email Rob Goldberg, PCC communications director, so we can be sure to include you on our "Creating Success" web page.

• Following PCC's doubleheader sweep of Thomas Nelson Community College on April 26, Baseball Coach Tommy Eason honored freshman catcher Jake May, who has been battling cancer for nearly two years, and raised money for Riley's Army. (FACEBOOK PHOTO GALLERY)